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• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  MIT’s month of “choose your own adventure” mode looks like would be to ... semester, explore boston, get ready to UROP, and train for track season ... ’ for the 1st time in college, but after that i had to get on larger poles

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study ... , home to some interesting and important transportation research. Visions

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  don't do that. But it still gets to you after a while. Sometimes it ... and one letter that has to be included. It gets more fun the more you play, because you get to know the quirks and idiosyncrasies of the person

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  goal is to put your satellite in three different columns of air and try ... know that if you get a skeleton to kill a creeper, it drops a music disc ... My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  to do otherwise. So, while you're here, I figure that I might as well ... minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote ... and my friends to not say anything about it if I don't get in? That

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  against hippies, really.Every Architecture student at MIT gets introduced to ... ! Adjacent to the woodshop and full of machinery for your metalworking needs. Because you know you're going to build something crazy someday.3. I know

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able ... narrow my decision down to two schools, and there is no better way to get a ... want to do when you get here. With so many events to choose from, it

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  min bus rides to class sound incredibly unappealing. As does getting ... dish. I read an article where Martha Stewart said to gently push your ... run key. Hardware is a little different, to say the least. When your

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  heavily on each word, so bare with me as I'm trying to get back into the ... through this right now"]pressure to talk to everyone at any chance you get ... whirlwind of finishing finals, flying to DC, driving home to Pennsylvania

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  to buckle down and get seriously serious about my education. When ... to in-class concept questions. That’s OK, Joel, your grade is high ... - great! - but know what you're getting yourself into, and don't deceive

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  had a lot worse happen to me. And now, for your moment of zen, a (young ...   Last night, Jon Stewart announced his plans to leave ... family because we hadn't yet been able to move into our new home. My world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  .03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field to get an answer.)
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  . It goes out to Meder! Solve it to understand why...) Today was a ... officers are expected not to come into the office (where there can be ... at Diesel Cafe. Reading is kind of like studying: everyone needs to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to blog about it. If, for some reason, you don't like following links to ... 's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  for a different reason, whether it was to get somewhere or just to ... without me would look like, unable to face the thought of never getting ... have spent the past two years getting to know each other, forming groups

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  absentee ballot today. It was exciting.) That should be enough to get you to ... most epic Google Doc ever to grace the face of the earth, containing ... in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  some things that you hear before you come to MIT, and even while you're ... Sleep. Eat. Exercise. It's easy to let your health slip, especially when ... not going to be able to work your best anyways. So if you're tired, don

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  MIT, companies ranging from the likes of Facebook and Google to smaller companies ... You're flipping through the TV channels, bored out of your mind ... that catches your attention. A brilliantly parodied logo appears on the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  works. To directly answer your question: we hope that you'll get mostly As ... removing-your-belt stunt ?" Hmm... perhaps you're referring to my story about ... website to find out the latest information about my application. But every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  school - whether you get into MIT will ultimately come down to luck, so you're ... at really getting to know somebody. And you're right that there isn't a ... .  Sometimes, people send me: Links to fun websites or videos, "since you're

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013